<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
<HTML dir=ltr>

<HEAD>
	<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" Content="text-html; charset=Windows-1252">
	<title>To erase a small area</title>

	<meta name=MS-HAID content="a_paint_erase_small">
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="coUA.css">
</HEAD>

<BODY>
	<p>
		<a name="paint_erase_small"></a><b>To erase a small area</b>
		<ol>
			<li>In the toolbox, click <img src="p_erase.gif" alt="image: the eraser tool" border=0>. </li>
			<li>At the bottom of the toolbox, click an eraser shape.</li>
			<li>Drag the pointer over the area you want to erase.</li>
		</ol>
	</p>
	<p>
		<b>Notes</b>
		<ul>
			<li>The selected
				<a data-topic-id="gl_pbrush_back">background color</a>
				shows what color the eraser will leave behind. You can change the background color by right-clicking another color in the color box.</li>
			<li>You can change a specific color (and nothing else) by changing the
				<a data-topic-id="gl_pbrush_fore">foreground color</a>
				to the color you want to erase and the background color to the color you want to replace it with. Then, when you click the eraser, you can right-click to change the color.</li>
			<li>You can undo any number of changes by clicking the <b>Edit</b> menu and then clicking <b>Undo</b> for each change.</li>
		</ul>
	</p>
	<p>
		<object id=alink_1 type="application/x-oleobject" classid="clsid:adb880a6-d8ff-11cf-9377-00aa003b7a11" width=0 height=0>
			<PARAM name="Command" value="ALink,MENU">
			<PARAM name="TEXT" value="Text:Related Topics">
			<param NAME="fONT" VALUE="VERDANA,8,0x000800,underline">
			<PARAM name="Item1" value="">
			<PARAM name="Item2" value="a_paint_erase_large;a_paint_clear_image;a_paint_undo;a_paint_not_in_color_box">
		</object>
	</p>
</BODY>

</HTML>